diff --git a/kms/snippets/README.rst b/kms/snippets/README.rst
index 4c660232385b..74dc229fe3fd 100644
--- a/kms/snippets/README.rst
+++ b/kms/snippets/README.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ authentication:
 
     .. code-block:: bash
 
-        gcloud beta auth application-default login
+        gcloud auth application-default login
 
 
 #. When running on App Engine or Compute Engine, credentials are already